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Jack DeJohnette and Foday Musa Suso: Music from the Hearts of the Masters
by Franz A. Matzner
Jack DeJohnette's debut release for his new Golden Beams label, Music From The Hearts of the Masters, pairs the legendary drummer with internationally renowned kora player, percussionist, and griot Foday Musa Suso for a transporting duet which encases the listener in an intricately designed and masterfully executed world of sound. As a jazz ...
Billy Taylor: Taylor Made at the Kennedy Center
by Franz A. Matzner
A tribute to the retiring Dr. Billy Taylor, Taylor Made at the Kennedy Center documents the artist's performance career at the Kennedy Center and presents him in the context he loved best--on stage and sharing his love of jazz by not only performing his own music, but also bringing to the audience some of jazz's greatest ...
Final Notes: Dr. Billy Taylor Retires from Concert Performance
by Franz A. Matzner
Educator, ambassador, author, composer, and master pianist, Dr. Billy Taylor ended his concert career last Thursday night, concluding over sixty years as one of jazz's greatest emissaries with a rousing performance at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater by his trio and guest John Faddis. Billy Taylor's career has spanned the entirety of modern ...
Claudio Scolari: Reflex
by Franz A. Matzner
Using only voice, percussion, and synthesizers, Italian composer/percussionist Claudia Scolari blends ambient, darkwave, and world music textures to create an album of dramatic musical landscapes. Heavily minimalist and more organic than most ambient electronica, this music will tip those familiar with O Yuki Conjugate, Main, A Small Good Thing, and other similarly texture-oriented ...
Jason Moran's Bandwagon Packs Kennedy Center
by Franz A. Matzner
The year separating their debut at the Kennedy Center Jazz Club and last week's performance has been a good one for Jason Moran and his Bandwagon trio. The success of their album Live at the Village Vanguard secured Moran's standing as one of jazz's ascending stars, and the follow-up quartet release Same Mother has served to ...
Bridging Time: The Kennedy Center Presents Anita O'Day
by Franz A. Matzner
As part of the Kennedy Center's ongoing series celebrating 1940's music, dance, film, and culture, the KC Jazz club offered a special concert last week hosted by bass phenomenon Chip Jackson honoring one of jazz's first ladies of song, Anita O'Day. The concert was held in the Kennedy Center's elegant jazz club, the ...
Monty Alexander: Live at the Iridium
by Franz A. Matzner
Celebrating almost fifty years of professional music, Live at the Iridium is a fitting testament to the unique passion and tremendous talent of master improviser Monty Alexander. Alexander began his career as a youth in Jamaica, where he first encountered jazz through live concerts performed by such iconic figures as Louis Armstrong. This ...
Kermit Ruffins: One Night in New Orleans
by Franz A. Matzner
With the temperature plunging and the streets decked out in ice and snow, there were few better ways to warm up last weekend than heading to Blues Alley for some good, old-fashioned New Orleans jazz performed by revivalist Kermit Ruffins and his Barbecue Swingers. Hailing from the city of swing itself, Ruffins has ...
Two Siberians: Out of Nowhere
by Franz A. Matzner
Featuring the virtuosi talents of Siberian schoolmates Yuri Matveyev on electric violin and Artyom Yakushenko on electric guitar, the recent Heads Up International release Out of Nowhere from Two Siberians weaves a forceful tapestry of folk traditions executed with the spontaneity of youthful experimentation and the exactitude of deep artistic commitment. Hailing from ...
Jazz at the Kennedy Center: A Year in Review and a Glance at 2005
by Franz A. Matzner
2004 was another outstanding year for jazz at the Kennedy Center, with a diverse and superlative roster of musicians along with a series of outstanding mini-festivals that confirmed the Kennedy Center's status as one of the top jazz centers in the world. Under the guidance of jazz phenomenon and educator Dr. Billy Taylor, ...
